Millefleurs with Animals (Fragment), anonymous, c. 1525 - c. 1550

Identification

Title(s)

Millefleurs with Animals (Fragment)

Object type

tapestry

Object number

BK-17252-1

Description

Fragment van een mille-fleurs-tapijt. Een blauw-zwart fond is harmonieus bezaaid met in rozetvorm groeiende plantjes met uitwaaierende bloemstengels. Herkenbaar zijn de koekoeksbloem, viooltje, maagdenpalm, madeliefje en verschillende klokjesbloemen. Hiertussen houden zich kleine dieren schuil, als een duif, hoentje, fazant, haan, reiger en half afgesneden, een lynx.

Creation

Artist

maker: anonymous

Place

Southern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1525 - c. 1550

Material and Technique

Material

ketting: wool
inslag: wool

Technique

tapestry

Measurements

length c. 390 cm × width c. 27 cm

Explanatory note

Guy Delmarcel, Gli arazzi dei Gonzaga nel Rinascimento, Milaan 2010, p. 54 (afb.). Vermeldt en toont een vergelijkbaar wandtapijt.

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

See the provenance for BK-17252.

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Is part of

Millefleurs with Animals (Fragment) (BK-17252)

Documentation

European tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, p. 74-75 met afb., cat.nr. 20
Katalog der Sammlung F[ritz] M[annheimer], p.356, cat.nr. T.8

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.629026

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